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SUBMITTER: Pruvot M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4963109 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pruvot Mathieu M Lejeune Manigandan M Kutz Susan S Hutchins Wendy W Musiani Marco M Massolo Alessandro A Orsel Karin K
PloS one 20160727 7
Migratory movements and alteration of host communities through livestock production are examples of ecological processes that may have consequences on wildlife pathogens. We studied the effect of co-grazing of cattle and wild elk, and of elk migratory behaviour on the occurrence of the giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna, in elk. Migratory elk and elk herds with a higher proportion of migratory individuals were significantly less likely to be infected with F. magna. This may indicate a decreas ...[more]